Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that telephone service must be improved in rural areas of the United States and that no entity may unreasonably discriminate against telephone users in those areas.

3.0.0 157 2023-01-11T13:23:29Z 2023-01-11T13:23:29Z Senate S SRES 2013-05-23 113 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2013-12-19T19:35:39Z Markup by 2013-07-30T21:32:36Z Referred to 2013-05-23T21:33:34Z S. Rept. 113-130 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that telephone service must be improved in rural areas of the United States and that no entity may unreasonably discriminate against telephone users in those areas. 113 536 HRES 2014-04-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Related bill CRS 2013-12-19 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 276. Calendars 2013-12-19 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Rockefeller with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and with a preamble. With written report No. 113-130. Committee 2013-12-19 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Rockefeller with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and with a preamble. With written report No. 113-130. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee 2013-07-30 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2013-05-23 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3865) IntroReferral 2013-05-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2013-05-23 True F000463 Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] Deb Fischer R NE 2013-05-23 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2013-05-23 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2013-05-23 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2013-05-23 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2013-05-23 True P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2013-05-23 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2013-05-23 True B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2013-05-23 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2013-05-23 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2013-05-23 True T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2013-05-23 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2013-06-04 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2013-06-06 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2013-06-17 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2013-06-19 False H001061 Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] John Hoeven R ND 2013-07-11 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2013-07-15 False Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Rural conditions and development Telephone and wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications

00 2013-05-23 Introduced in Senate 2013-08-05T19:00:12Z Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) all telephone service providers must appropriately complete calls to all areas of the United States regardless of the technology used by such providers; (2) no entity may unreasonably discriminate against telephone users in rural areas; and (3) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should pursue violators of FCC rules, impose enforcement actions to discourage such uncompleted calls and unreasonable discrimination, and establish a definitive solution to discrimination against telephone users in rural areas.

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01 2013-12-19 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2013-12-24T18:28:41Z Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) all communications service providers must appropriately complete telephone calls to all areas of the United States regardless of the technology used by such providers; (2) no entity may unreasonably discriminate against communications service in rural areas; and (3) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should pursue violators of FCC rules, impose enforcement actions to discourage uncompleted telephone calls and unreasonable discrimination, and establish a definitive solution to discrimination against communications service in rural areas.

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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that telephone service must be improved in rural areas of the United States and that no entity may unreasonably discriminate against telephone users in those areas. Display Title A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that telephone service must be improved in rural areas of the United States and that no entity may unreasonably discriminate against telephone users in those areas. Official Title as Introduced A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that telephone service must be improved in rural areas of the United States and that no entity may unreasonably discriminate against telephone users in those areas. Introduced in Senate IS Reported to Senate 2013-12-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113sres157rs/xml/BILLS-113sres157rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2013-05-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113sres157is/xml/BILLS-113sres157is.xml 2013-12-19 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 276. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.